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Globejotting: How to Write Extraordinary Travel Journals (and still have time to enjoy your trip!)

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I've always wanted to document my travels better but it never seems to work out. A few times, I have started a travel journal only to abandon it a few days in because I've forgotten to write so many days in a row or it was too much work. Dave Fox's approach to travel journaling is a real change. Something that is easy to implement and fun to do at the same time. It helps that the approach in the book is very light hearted and encouraging, so you feel that you really can write a few things down per day. I look forward to trying the technique out on my next trip.

Dave Fox adds a lot of humor in his instructions on how to travel journal. There are practice sessions throughout the book to help you get used to different writing techniques before your trip. I bought this book because of our planned trip to Egypt next spring. I want to be able to capture and remember every bit of this once in a lifetime opportunity. I now have many ideas of how I'll be able to do it. I used to journal all of the time but fell out of the habit; this book has inspired me to take it up again - and not just for traveling!

This book is accessible to everyone and is not an intimidating book on how to write. It's incredibly funny, informative, and offers very useful tips on how to bring life and feeling to your travel journals. You feel like Dave Fox is right there with you, a friend and guide on your travels. This book also opened my mind about how to travel and use the experiences as personal growth. I used to be so frustrated by the banality of my journals, but now they are richer in content, and I can always go back to them to relive my travels. The best part is, with the author's time-saving tips, I'm no longer a slave to my journal when I'm traveling.

This book is the best! Every chapter has a new way - technique - of journaling. You never will waste another night on trip thinking I really need to journal for an hour. Dave Fox opens up your mind and ways of thinking about journaling. All his techniques can be applied to other types of journaling - not just travel. His easy exercises get you right in the mood for journaling and your next trip. Journaling nirvana is just a click away.

This is a good work and a resource for anyone who want to journal regardless of whether for travel or just musings and chronologies.

I do enjoy the author's humor and this book is a very easy yet meaty read! I have have kept journals for well over 25 years and within the first 30 pages I was envisioning things to practice in my journaling that I would never have thought of on my own. And isn't that the point?

The points on speed and theme journaling were especially good and I found my mind seeded with new ideas.

This book has taken the challenge of daily writing and made it fun again.

The book arrived on time and in good shape. It's a very detailed and helpful book that gives you several ideas about writing better journals.

There are some good suggestions that can help a traveler organize their writing, and how to get past the "I don't have time to write" excuse. I guess it was worth the price; marginally.